[Seoul 7th Reuters]-North Korea's talks about the denuclearization held in Stockholm, Sweden, have been shaken by North Korea ’s talks due at the end of the year.
A spokesman for the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified the deadline for the US to reconsider the approach at the end of 2019. The statement was reported on the national media on the 6th.
However, North Korea provides little details about when the deadline was not met.
The following is the background and background of the deadline.
◎ Referenced by Chairman Kim Jong Un
The first deadline was the speech given by Chairman Kim at the Supreme People's Conference in April, two months after the failed US-North Korea summit meeting in Hanoi. "We wait for a flexible decision."
A national news agency, Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), quoted the speech and reported that "the United States should quit the current tactical approach and take a new approach."
Leaders of the US and North Korea have met three times in Singapore last year, Hanoi in February this year, and the North-South military boundary in June.
Although a personal relationship has been established, no agreement has been reached on the conditions for denuclearization.
◎ Meaning of deadline
At the time of the speech, the US-North Korea talks were in such a state that Kim had questioned the disagreement between the nuclear test and the long-range ballistic test.
North Korean officials also suggested that the experiment would resume if there was no progress, but the explanation of the deadline remains ambiguous.
"In fact, I don't know what North Korea will do when the deadline is over," said Washington Depots, Defense Priority's fellow Daniel Depetrice.
North Korea rebounded strongly when US Secretary of State Pompeo denied this deadline. In April, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the United States of America if it cannot remove the source of the problem, no one can imagine what will happen to the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
◎ Reason for the end of the year
Kim hasn't made it clear why he ended the year.
Experts analyzed that there is no clear reason beyond Kim ’s New Year speech. North Korean leaders sometimes make big announcements or set goals in New Year's speeches.
Chairman Kim also gave a positive signal to improve relations with South Korea by changing his attitude in the New Year's resignation in 2018.
This year, if the US continued to “unilaterally demand”, it warned, “I have to find a new path.”
This is the claim used by North Korean negotiators to draw concessions, and according to John Deleury, an important Yonsei University, the exact meaning of the deadline remains unchanged.
Mr. Delurie stated that “there is room for the process to continue for years, but there is a certain amount of time pressure”.
